A complete practical guide to growing and collecting these magnificent flowering plants and using them to best effect in the garden. Illustrated with over 75 color photographs for aid in identification and to show the range of peonies available.
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'Discover how rewarding the peony can be with this information-packed guide' - BBC Gardener's World
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A professional botanist and photographer, Page has selected more than 600 species for inclusion in this book. Chapter topics include history, cultivation, and the use of peonies in the garden. The peony species are presented alphabetically by their botanical names. Each entry includes geographic origin (most include the year introduced), physical description, season of bloom, and growing height. Chapters on tree peonies and hybrids are similarly arranged. The final chapter on where to see peonies lists gardens in the UK, China, France, and North America as well as peony societies from around the world. Appendices include a glossary and a thorough list of where to buy the plants. This is a lovely book, interspersed with beautiful color photographs of peonies in actual garden settings. It is thoughtfully arranged and easy to use and should answer any gardener's questions.
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Page explains Peonies from history to cultivation in a very short and simple manner. An excellant book for the beginner to start a peony garden.
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Peonies have been used as medicinal plants for at least two thousand years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peony species, species peonies, tree peonies, peony flowers, herbaceous peonies, tree peony, infected plants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roy Klehm, British Isles, Hong Tao, New Zealand, United States, Gold Medal, Hodnet Hall, Penshurst Place, Don Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sir Joseph Banks, Spetchley Park, Toichi Itoh, Caucasus Mountains, Green Cottage, North American, Pillar Garden, Wen-Pei Fang, West Sussex New!
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Peonies have been used as medicinal plants for at least two thousand years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peony species, species peonies, tree peonies, peony flowers, herbaceous peonies, tree peony, infected plants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roy Klehm, British Isles, Hong Tao, New Zealand, United States, Gold Medal, Hodnet Hall, Penshurst Place, Don Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sir Joseph Banks, Spetchley Park, Toichi Itoh, Caucasus Mountains, Green Cottage, North American, Pillar Garden, Wen-Pei Fang, West Sussex New!
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- British Isles (Real Exploring Guides) by Cimino Publishing Group on page 36
- The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs, Second Edition by Kee C. Huang in Back Matter
- Penshurst Place (Great Houses) by Viscount De Lisle on page 33
- Edinburgh Journal of Botany: Vol 50 No 3 1993 by Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden in Back Matter
- Flowering Plants of the World by V. H. Heywood in Back Matter
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- The Genus Paeonia by Josef J. Halda in Back Matter
- Peonies by Allan Rogers in Back Flap
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